OpenAI is expanding its global affairs team to 35 members of staff in order to influence politicians and regulators as they advance legislation to constrain artificial intelligence (AI). The company plans to grow the team to 50 by the end of the year with a strategic focus on locations where AI legislation is developing the fastest, such as the UK, Belgium, Ireland, France, Singapore, India, Brazil, and the US. However, OpenAI's vice-president of government affairs, Anna Makanju, stressed that the company's goal is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity rather than solely striving for maximum profit. "We are not approaching this from a perspective of we just need to get in there and quash regulations . . . because we don’t have a goal of maximising profit; we have a goal of making sure that AGI benefits all of humanity,” Makanju said.
In related news, The Guardian reports that Elon Musk has abandoned his legal challenge against Sam Altman and OpenAI. Musk’ did not provide a reason for the decision.
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